Just wanted to wish you ladies and germs a Happy New Year…hoping beyond all hope that it will be better for all of us than last year. I mean, you always want the years to get better, don’t you? Remember to have fun, but play safe. And if you’re not going to have fun, play safe anyway! I just like saying “play safe.”

Anyhoo…thanks for a wonderful year. I know I had some pitfalls here and there, but you Betteheads always manage to pull me back up and start me working again. I don’t know how you do it, but you do. And I had so really rough patches there for awhile. Thank you so much for your support, kindness, love, tough love, and understanding…it all paid off in the end. I seriously was thinking about closing the doors on BLB, but you showed me the errors of my ways. Boy, did you!!!Read More

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A Minute With: Bette Midler on New Year TV special
By Jill Jacobs
1 hr 1 min ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) â€“ She has received four Grammys, four Golden Globes, three Emmys, and a Tony Award, and even after selling more than 30 million records, singer Bette Midler is still going strong.

For over 40 years, Midler has delighted audiences with her bawdy live performances, and on December 31, Midler will be ringing in the New Year on cable TV channel HBO with her special, “The Showgirl Must Go On,” which is the live stage show she has been performing in recent years at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.Read More

Miss Midler, who had turned down parts ‘in other movies, will not sign an exclusive contract with another studio, said her agent, Arnold Stiefel. He added that Michael Bennett , creator of Broadway’s “A Chorus Line,” has written an adaptation of “Two For the Seesaw” for Universal with Miss Midler in mind.Read More